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Hydrolytic enzymes of the interfollicular epidermis differ in expression and correlate with the phenotypic difference observed between light and dark skin.
The Journal of dermatology - 1 Jan 2013
Ebanks Jody P, Koshoffer Amy, Wickett R Randall, Hakozaki Tomohiro, Boissy Raymond E
Abstract excerpt
Degradation of melanosomes in light skin (LS, i.e. phototype I/II) appears to occur more rapidly than dark skin (DS, i.e. phototype IV/V). Hydrolytic enzymes known to reside and be expressed in a differential pattern within the interfollicular epidermis are implicated in playing a role in epidermal differentiation and potentially melanosome degradation. The aim of this present study was to evaluate the...
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